Back of the Yards Park
Back of the Yards Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Packingtown Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.4 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 183 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 20.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Packingtown Park: 0.2 mi
- Wagner Park: 0.5 mi
- Sherman (John) Park: 0.5 mi
- Wagner Park: 0.6 mi
- Cornell Square Park: 0.7 mi
- Sherman American History Series: 0.4 mi
- Paul Cornell: 0.6 mi
- Bridgeport: 1.3 mi
- Melville Fuller: 1.3 mi
- Canaryville: 1.4 mi
- Stockyard Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Englewood Village Plaza: 1.3 mi
- McKinley Park Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Legends Farm: 1.7 mi
- EduCare Preschool Farm: 1.7 mi
- Union Stock Yards Fire Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Geographic Center of Chicago: 1.7 mi
- Lt. Joseph T. McKeon, Jr: 1.9 mi
- William McKinley Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Fire Museum of Greater Chicago: 1.4 mi
- Heritage Museum of Asian Art: 1.8 mi
- African American Firefighters Museum: 1.9 mi
- Chicago Maritime Museum: 1.9 mi
- DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center: 2.8 mi
- Al Capone's House: 3.5 mi
- Japanese Garden: 4.1 mi
- Gallager: 4.3 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 4.6 mi
- Sea Lion: 4.9 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 3.6 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 3.8 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 4.0 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 4.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North: 4.4 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 9: 3.8 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 10: 3.9 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 8: 3.9 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 7: 4.0 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 6B: 4.1 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 3.4 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 3.6 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 3.8 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 4.2 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 4.6 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 2.7 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 4.0 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 4.4 mi
- Players Hill: 7.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 10.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 16.6 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 17.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 19.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 19.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 12.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 13.7 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 15.9 mi
- Tedens: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Back of the Yards Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 257° | 259 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 351° | 204 m | 15.3 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 122° | 195 m | 24.0 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 311° | 187 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 4 mi away.
- Black-crowned Night Heron119 obs
- Mallard93 obs
- Cooper's Hawk78 obs
- Great Blue Heron73 obs
- Canada Goose73 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird61 obs
- Green Heron56 obs
- Northern Cardinal54 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/173846464
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 2 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 2 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 3 mi
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 4 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 4 mi
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 4 mi
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